I'd say it's less raised Mormon and more raised religious. Being raised strictly any religion tends to repress people. The question will then be, can you break it. Some can, some can't or won't. Then there's just the easier idea of telling your kids nothing or making it seem bad or what have you. You might think "Why didn't my parents tell me?!" At the same time your parents don't want you getting pregnant or getting someone pregnant.RedHeadude wrote:Is that what "normal" society is like? I was raised a Mormon, so as a man I have an incredibly sexually repressed background. I felt all of what Amber feels towards this sort of thing over looking at strait pornography, or even playboy mags. I wonder if Amber has some sort of religious upbringing . . . A secular upbringing wouldn't make sense for her to be like this, would it?Artemisia wrote
We live in a society which pushes women to suppress our sexual natures, and tells women that being interested in sexual things is wrong. What's more, while Ruby would not necessarily be outright homophobic, she is probably extremely heteronormative, so the idea of being sexually aroused by two men being sexual or even romantic together is likely very difficult for her to resolve. This despite a recent study that actually found that straight women have a preference for gay pornography.
Thus, it isn't exactly surprising that Ruby is finding this difficult to deal with.
Then comes the government and other people nosing in on your family business. Trying to be open about sex with your children outside of the sex talk could get you in trouble in at least some areas of the US (not sure about Canada). And don't let people fool you. That isn't a right side/conservative/religious thing...that's both sides of the fence, want to interfere, we know what's best for you side of things.